#Software

“… OCAP is an Indigenous response to the role of knowledge production in challenging colonial relations. … First, Indigenous communities must retain access and possession of the capacity and resources to effectively manage the content, traffic and services on their local network. Second, Indigenous communities have a right to own and control the local broadband network in their communities in order to support the flow of information and services (Kakekaspan et al. 2014).” (p 111)

These notes record my experience in getting a wifi adapter (“dongle”) working with a Raspberry Pi (RPi) Model B (first generation). I started with the official instructions provided at RaspberryPi.org, without success.

My current Mac OS (10.9.5) appears to offer only spoken announcements on the hour in any of several voices and languages, including novelty voice sounds like “Zarvox” and “Bubbles.” There seems to be no option to choose default system “Basso,” “Glass,” or similar sounds that are available for Calendar notifications, for example. The following describes … Read more